Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Carta À Minha Filha by Maya Angelou

11 reviews

idontread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

stevia333k's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

I mean some of it is wise, tho there's a shitload of assimilationism. Anyways, we're told to tailor this wisdom with our intelligence as we see fit.

A lot of it basically comes down to be polite so that you can make friends with people who will be willing to bail you out as needed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction

rosalind's review against another edition

hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Xenophobia

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring relaxing fast-paced

3.0

this isn't my favorite by maya angelou, but because maya angelou wrote it, it's still excellent. some of her ideas are a little dated (vulgarity, piercings, etc), but that's to be expected. i enjoyed listening to the audio a lot because maya reads it herself and she was an excellent speaker, so it's a joy to listen to her. i think there are a lot of beautiful ideas in here and anyone who reads it will probably find something to take away from it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Murder

caterina's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

2.5

Maya Angelou is great, but the best thing about this book is that the audiobook is read by her. I love when she's sharing stories that she learned from, and the coffee story and the rug story will definitely stick with me, but her preachy advice (e.g. all the stuff about patriotism) is not my thing and I often disagreed with her. It's a disjointed collection, and in particular her short essay on rape feels like her just taking the opportunity to throw a take out there without having done research or thought it through. Take what resonates and leave the rest!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Ableism, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

monika_davies's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

katharinabolder's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

darbylane's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Kidnapping

alyssasshelves's review against another edition

inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse and Suicidal thoughts

I’m not rating this because I don’t feel like I should be rating nonfiction anymore when it’s directly someone writing about their life, especially considering this is written by a black woman who went into an experience I know nothing about. That being said I really did enjoy it and I don’t know much about maya (I’m trying to get more into her work) so this felt like I got to know glimpses of what she was like and went through.

rhguerrero's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship